The lost luckenbooths of Edinburgh
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In this weeks Edinburgh vlog we talk about the old Luckenbooths which are sadly all but gone. Essentially the were market stalls on the grownd floor of buildings in the heart of the royal mile.
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Tony, I’ve seriously learned so much about our beautiful city from you! Thanks 💙
I couldn't agree more!! I love these historical, informational gems! Thank you, Tony!
Love these little facts and gems of info.fell in love with Edinburgh years ago but so much about her I still don't know. Coming back to see her in March, so been watching lots of your videos so thank you for your knowledge.
Thanks, Tony! This was really interesting! I will find those when I visit Edinburgh!!!! Can't wait!
Interesting as usual. Great info, delivered with lighthearted good humour.
Found your channel few weeks back and loving it. Fascinated by these lesser known aspects of our city. Worked in the City Chambers for 5 years and seen these stones daily and thought nothing of them! Keep up the good work pal!
I love Edinburgh so much, even more than my home city, and every time I see your stuff it just makes me go back. A couple of weeks ago I was there with my brother and we were walking down East Market Street. I was telling him about the church that was where the Waverley car park is and where the remains of it are now and the corruption that paid for that. He was blown away by my knowledge of the place. "Aye. A fella called Tony told me."
😂 brilliant, love it.
Absolutely fascinating definitely a must do on my next trip to Edinburgh. Thank you.
that was incredible.....have lived in Edinburgh for 25 years and so ashamed to say i never really visit or do anything here in a city i love, (work, sleep, work sleep..you get the drift) but this years new years resolution is to visit one place of interest in edinburgh a month....january went to the craigentinney marbles, feburary alpine coaster and i think i will definately will visit this soon for sure....amazing video...thank you
Hi Tony! I love to know these kind of hidden History! Next time I go to Edinburgh I will look at these marks with another perspective. As English is not my mother language I'm not sure if I got the whole message, but I think I understood enough. Greetings from Portugal!
Thank you for explaining and showing the map. I was looking at the stones outside St. Giles, but didn't understand that it was buildings standing free in the middle of the street. I wish I had had the time to visit the museum of Edinburgh. Hopefully I will next time. Thank you, Tony ⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️
I love this channel! I found you a few weeks ago too, the lost church video. I am born and bred Edinburgh, worked in the High Street at Moray House and have been to Edinburgh Museum, albeit a long time ago. My dad and I are avid Edinburgh historians but you keep coming up with bits and pieces I never heard of. I knew about the luckenbooths but to find I have probably walked past them inside John Knox house a million times just blew my mind. I am following you now and cant wait to see what else you unearth. Thank you!
Was down in Edinburgh today, took great joy in explaining the history of the golden bricks to my son, i did let on that it was down to you, thanks Tony love your videos
Thank you Tony (again) that was so interesting.
Tony!!! This was a fantastic story. The story is not only precious, it is well presented. Thank you. This was really very interesting.
My pleasure!
I just started reading Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian which is centered all around the Old Tollbooth Prison. This video was perfectly timed as it's so hard to picture that giant structure in the middle of the Mile. Read it. I can't wait to be back this summer!
🇩🇰 Great attention to detail, Tony
- always something new/old to discover in Edinburgh
Hope to be back soon 💙
hello from Denmark 🌸
How interesting Tony, love your new information on my childhood city. Still learning from you.
I never knew what luckenbooth meant but my mum had a few luckenbooth brooches so I googled it. This was one of the explanations that came up . "The history of the Luckenbooth goes back to the sixteenth century in Edinburgh's Royal Mile, where it was commonly worn by Scottish women as a charm for protection from harm and evil spirits. The Luckenbooth was commonly given as a gift from a mother to her daughter." My mother did give me a luckenbooth ring once. Another explanation is "The Luckenbooth brooch became a very popular item in 16th century Scotland. It featured the heart and crown - the 'Heart & Crown of Scotland' and was romantically linked to the tragic Mary, Queen of Scots as it was the brooch she had given to Lord Darnley." This was a very interesting video Tony, thank you.
Great to learn something new, especially in a place that I’ve walked many times. Isn’t it strange the things people just don’t see, and even if they did, they probably wouldn’t have understood. Thanks for highlighting and educating
Great information and detail as usual.
Hey Tony thanks for doing theses as always fantastic .
Nice one Tony. Didn’t know that and had no idea those Luckenbooths had been uncovered in 1990.
Love learning so much for my visit in May!
Another piece of Edinburgh, thank you!
We have not yet visited the John Knox House.
But definitely in 2025.
There are not enough vacation days !!!
And as always and last but not least
Greetings from Berlin
great video, loved the clips of the maps, really brought it all to life
Nice one Tony, that was pretty interesting, had no idea about the booths.
I must have been behind ye, was there today hehehe. Museum is a must as you say Tony 😁
How cool! Who would know that bricks on the ground could tell such a story.
Love the history! Thanks Tony!
My pleasure!!
Reminds me of the tiny enchanting medieval stone booths shops that are build all around the outside "Grote Kerk-St Bavo" church in Haarlem city square. (Not to be mixed up by the New St Bavo church )
We visited Edinburgh in September 2024 and had wondered what those gold bricks were. Thanks for all the research and all the mystery. Great video💜
Glad you enjoyed it
This was so interesting! Just found your channel and I’m definitely subscribing!
Really fascinating. First time I've heard about this. Officially on the list for a next visit (or move).
Another cracking video, I've been up and down that street so many times and had no idea about the gold bricks , I saw your video on the old city walls, another great video, its so interesting, thanks for sharing all this info 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh no. We missed seeing the luckenbooths in John Knox when we were there in July. Wish I had known about them.
Another fantastic video only recently discovered those wooden water pipes conceted to castlehill reservoir now the tartan weaving mill. Not heard of locking bohtes.
Very cool.
Very interesting, Tony. I have visited Edinburgh many times and am still finding out a lot of it's history from your videos. Must visit the Museum of Edinburgh - another place I didn't know about.
Glad you enjoyed it
This was a VERY interesting video. 💙
Nice post
Always fascinated that the jail was so close to the cathedral. Was there a certain purpose for that? We traced the gold blocks when we were there.
I wish I'd known this when I visited the city
Thank you for sharing a little history of Edinburgh, much appreciated. Curiously, it bears no relation to the novel Luckenbooth by Jenny Fagan, which is a whole different story.
Good question!
Very interesting
I think so too!
I thought those bricks on the royal mile were to help u walk straight back up after doing the royal mile pub crawl.
So, what is the connection to the Luckenbooth brooch?
That I don't know. But I'm interested to find out.
Grandad was a Jeweler in Edinburgh, worked in a shop at the top of the Royal mile. Luckenbooth brooches were trinklets sold in the booths, traditionally heart shaped. Heart of Midlothian I wonder.
@@ClanBroonfordI was just about to ask same thing
Is that why they have a stained glass window of burns life on the front of St Giles ?
No I don't think so.
Is that museum, where the museum of childhood used to be?
The museum of childhood is further up the mile. Actually opposite John Knox House.
🙂
Sorry to be pedantic but St Giles is not technically a cathedral because the Church of Scotland, which St Giles belongs to, is presbyterian and does not have bishops, a key requirement for a building to be considered a cathedral; it is often referred to as the "High Kirk of Edinburgh" instead 🤓
Interesting! 🙂
Never knew that.